Discovery BoxGenesis 41:35 
Context41:35 They should gather all the excess food 1 during these good years that are coming. By Pharaoh’s authority 2 they should store up grain so the cities will have food, 3 and they should preserve it. 4
Genesis 41:48
Context41:48 Joseph 5 collected all the excess food 6 in the land of Egypt during the seven years and stored it in the cities. 7 In every city he put the food gathered from the fields around it.
1 tn Heb “all the food.”
2 tn Heb “under the hand of Pharaoh.”
3 tn Heb “[for] food in the cities.” The noun translated “food” is an adverbial accusative in the sentence.
4 tn The perfect with vav (ו) consecutive carries the same force as the sequence of jussives before it.
5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “all the food.”
7 tn Heb “of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt and placed food in the cities.”
